Eyelid Surgery (Blepharoplasty)

Aesthetic eyelid surgery — Lidstraffung or Lidkorrektur — at Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek corrects drooping or puffy upper and lower eyelids by removing excess skin, fat and muscle. Performed by the hospital's plastic surgery team, blepharoplasty can restore a more open, rested and refreshed appearance, and is one of the most commonly requested facial aesthetic procedures in Germany.

Eyelid surgery — blepharoplasty, known in German as Lidstraffung or Lidkorrektur — is one of the most frequently performed aesthetic surgical procedures globally, offering lasting correction of the drooping or puffy eyelids that develop as skin loses elasticity and fatty tissue redistributes with age. At Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek, the Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Department performs eyelid correction as part of its facial aesthetic programme, using the full infrastructure of an 805-bed teaching hospital. Upper blepharoplasty removes a carefully measured strip of excess skin and, where required, a small amount of protruding fat from the upper eyelid, opening the eye and in some cases improving a visual field that has become restricted by heavy upper lid skin. Lower blepharoplasty addresses puffiness and bags beneath the eyes — removing or redistributing fat deposits and tightening lax lower-lid skin — to create a smoother, more rested contour under the eye. The procedures are typically carried out under local anaesthesia with sedation or general anaesthesia depending on the extent of the correction, and most patients are treated on an outpatient or short-stay basis. Initial swelling and bruising around the eye area are expected and resolve over one to two weeks, after which the refreshed eyelid contour is visible. Schön Klinik Hamburg Eilbek is part of the Schön Klinik group and a teaching hospital of the University of Hamburg Medical Faculty, with the plastic surgery department led by Daniel Fuge. The hospital's location in the Eilbek district of Hamburg makes it accessible from across the city and from northern Germany. Eyelid surgery is an aesthetic self-pay procedure; medical necessity (visual field restriction) may be covered by GKV or PKV insurance — the team can advise at consultation.